Written for Church Action on Povertyās
Sharing our Dreams
2025 Worship and Fundraising Pack
An affirmation of dignity and worth, even in tougher times.
vocals - Anna Crook
baritone and electric guitars - Andy Arnold
vocals, piano, bass, programming - Andrew Clayton
This song draws on different biblical images of ideal times and places: the Peaceable Kingdom (Isaiah 11), the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2) and the new Jerusalem (Revelation 4 & 21). It is written in a Contemporary Christian style perhaps similar to the Rend Collective or Robin Mark. Note that this recording modulates up a semitone for the last verse. This song is included in Then Let Us Sing, a music resource published by the United Church of Canada in 2025. Most pictures in the video are courtesy of www.pexels.com.
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Sometimes, we are a bit slow in asking God what we really want. Not Bartimaeus, he knew exactly what he wanted and shouted it out. I've tried to follow that theme in this song.
From the May 2024 Resound Worship 12 Song Challenge - a song that uses the words of scripture directly, This is taken from Psalm 34 (New International Version)
Andy Biggs, Isaac Watts, Tom Kelleher, Ali Collins, Stevie Hill
Written as part of the Resound Worship 12 Song Challenge in July 2024, this song combines and updates the words of two Isaac Watts hymns ("And now another day is gone" and "From all that dwell below the skies").
Ideal for personal worship and prayer at the end of the day, it expresses gratitude for the day just gone and hope for rest and a faith-filled future.
Musically - imagine what Pink Floyd would sound like if Isaac Watts had joined as a lyricist...
This song is a call to worship which reminds us that though we come from diverse circumstances, we join together to worship as the family of God. The song is designed to make room for us to name our individual circumstances in extemporary prayer, and then call on God together with the refrain.
Sing the refrain to start. The leader then invites people to pray extemporary prayers that begin "Lord, I comeā¦" to name their circumstances. The whole group joins to repeat the refrain after each set of prayers.